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Are You Prepared for These Unconventional Interview Questions?

Recruiters and hiring managers are always trying to cope with massive numbers of executive candidates applying for positions.

The old standby interview questions like “Tell me about yourself” or “What are your strengths and weaknesses,” will not provide the type of information needed to weed out the ordinary from the extraordinary executive.

Don’t be mistaken that executives are immune from this type of interview questioning. If you are leading the masses, the organization needs to know how their executives will relate to the staff and employees they will manage.

How Would You Answer These 3 Unconventional Interview Questions:

Q–What do you think about when you are alone in your car on the way to work?

Take a minute to reflect on your best answer. The response should demonstrate to your potential employer that once you start your journey to work, your mindset is envisioning your workday so when you arrive, you are ready to get started.

Q–What song best describes your work ethic?

Try to overcome the first answer that may come to mind (“Take This Job and Shove It”). This question was asked by a hiring manager for Dell and generated various responses from “She Works Hard for the Money” to “Under Pressure by Queen.”

What song would best represent your work ethic?

Q–A penguin walks in the door wearing a sombrero. What does he say and why is he here?

No matter how silly a question may appear, never miss an opportunity to sell yourself.

Thinking quickly here is imperative.

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Put a little humor into your response. What you say can be dissected into many aspects of what the company is looking for in an executive; for example: good at thinking on your feet, social fit, and creativity.

If these types of unconventional interview questions throw you off, never, never jump out with “I don’t know.”

This stops the conversation dead in its tracks.

Even if you have to stall a minute; take a breath, take a drink of water.